enCompass Academy / English

English II A Pacing Guide

Week / Unit / Standards / Assessments
1 / Goal Setting / ET1- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
W10- Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. /
  1. Goal setting worksheet
  2. Journal Entries #1-2
  3. Current Event #1

2 / Debate / ET2- Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
S&L3- Listen to and evaluate the logic of a speaker’s argument with attention to POV, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
S&L1- Set rules and define individual roles to engage in a range of collaborative discussions on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
W1- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
LT7- Continue to delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text and identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. /
  1. Current Event #2
  2. Journal Entries #3-5
  3. What you know about current events
  4. Debate topic preparation- what is more important, your individual goals and needs or the goals and needs of a group?
  5. Fallacious Reasoning

3 / Debate / W1- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
W7- Conduct research projects to answer a question or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate.
S&L4- Continue to use public speaking techniques to present information clearly, concisely, and logically with organization, development, substance, and style that are appropriate to audience, purpose and task.
S&L5- Continue to make strategic use of multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
S&L3- Listen to and evaluate the logic of a speaker’s argument with attention to POV, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence. /
  1. Current Event #3
  2. Journal Entries #6-7
  3. Gathering Facts/Structuring a debate
  4. Formal Debate
  5. Graphic Organizer on Proper Essay pre-writing and outlining to go with lesson on formatting an essay

4 / Anthem / LT4- Determine the meanings of words and phrases, analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
LT1- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
EW5- Demonstrate an understanding of figurative language and word relationships, and analyze nuances in word meanings with similar denotations and interpret figures of speech. /
  1. Journal Entries #8-9
  2. PowerPoint on Ayn Rand
  3. Vocabulary #1/Connotations and Denonations
  4. Anthem Ch. 1 & 2 study guides
  5. Similes/Metaphor Activity

5 / Anthem / EW4- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
LT5- Determine a theme of central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
LT5- Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise. /
  1. Vocabulary #2
  2. Anthem Ch 3-7 study guides
  3. Journal Entries #-10-13
  4. Quiz #1
  5. Lesson on imagery
  6. Anthem Project

6 / Anthem / LT3- Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
W9- Draw evidence from literary of informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research applying grades 9-10th reading standards as needed.
EW6- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at college and career readiness level. /
  1. Vocabulary #3
  2. Anthem Ch8-12
  3. Technology versus nature- compare/contrast
  4. Anthem Project
  5. Final Exam on Anthem

7 / Issues Paper / ET3- Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas of events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
ET5-Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of the text.
W2- Write informative/explanatory texts using a formal style, and objective tone, precise language, and domain specific vocabulary. Develop the topic with sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic using transitions to create cohesion.
W8- Synthesize multiple credible sources on the subject demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation; all research includes both multiple print and digital.
EW2- Include the use of a conjunctive adverb when combining two or more closely related independent clauses. /
  1. Journal Entries #14-16
  2. Current Event # 4
  3. Rating the issues
  4. Issues Paper Graphic Organizer
  5. Issues Paper Drafting Sheet
  6. Analyzing an Issues Paper
  7. Issues Paper Resources- Citing Sources

8 / Issues Paper / W2- Write informative/explanatory texts using a formal style, and objective tone, precise language, and domain specific vocabulary. Develop the topic with sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic using transitions to create cohesion.
W4- Continue the writing proves with a more defined emphasis on the craft of writing.
W5- Focus on how well audience and purpose have been addressed.
EW1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar usage emphasizing parallel structure, and including specific types of phrases and clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety and add interest to writing or presentations.
EW3- Demonstrate independence in writing by making effective choices for meaning and style and conforming to a style manual. /
  1. Issues Paper Rough Draft
  2. Issues Paper Peer Edit
  3. Issues Paper Final Draft
  4. Journal Entries #17-20

9 / Background Information A Raisin in the Sun / LT7- Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.
ET7- Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums, determining which details are emphasized in each account.
EW5- Demonstrate an understanding of figurative language and word relationships, and analyze nuances in word meanings with similar denotations and interpret figures of speech. /
  1. Langston Hughes Poetry
  2. Journal Entries #21-23
  3. PowerPoint on Harlem Renaissance
  4. PowerPoint Figurative Language
  5. Create & Analyze Harlem Renaissance Poetry Project

10 / Background Information A Raisin in the Sun / ET9-Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance including how they address related themes and concepts.
ET6- Continue evaluating the development of the author’s viewpoint/perspective and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that POV or purpose.
ET8- Continue to delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text and identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. /
  1. PowerPoint on Lorraine Hansberry
  2. Journal Entries #24-25
  3. WebQuest on A Raisin in the Sun time period
  4. Study of the lawsuit Hansberry v. Lee
  5. Analyzing the 14th amendment

11 / A Raisin in the Sun / EW4- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
LT1- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. /
  1. Vocabulary #4
  2. A Raisin in the Sun Act I Scene I, Act I Scene 2 study guides
  3. Character Sketches/Portraits
  4. Journal Entries #26-27

12 / A Raisin in the Sun / LT2- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
LT3- Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
EW6- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level. /
  1. Journal Entries #28-30
  2. Vocabulary #5
  3. A Raisin in the Sun Act 2 Scene 1, Act 2 Scene 2, Act 2 Scene 3 study guide
  4. Quiz #2

13 / A Raisin in the Sun / LT3- Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
LT5- Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
LT7- Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. /
  1. Journal Entries #31-32
  2. A Raisin in the Sun Act 3 study guide
  3. Compare/Contrast Essay after watching A Raisin in the Sun

14 / Analyzing Plays / LT2- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
LT4- Determine the meanings of words and phrases, analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
S&L4- Continue to use public speaking techniques to present information, clearly, concisely, and logically and with organization, development, substance, and style that are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. /
  1. Reader’s Theater Performances
  2. Study Guide Temple Grandin
  3. Format of a play
  4. Selecting a screenplay to analyze and perform in groups

15 / Analyzing Plays / S&L4- Continue to use public speaking techniques to present information, clearly, concisely, and logically and with organization, development, substance, and style that are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
S&L6- Continue to use precise language by adapting speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. /
  1. Screenplay performances
  2. Reflection on performances

16 / Writing a Play / W3- Write narratives using a formal style and narrative techniques that engage and orient the reader showing the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on narrated event. /
  1. PowerPoint on format of plays
  2. Brainstorming Sheet
  3. Story Starters/Dialogue
  4. Play Outline
  5. Review practice and quiz on writing a properly formatted essay, including pre-organization

17 / Writing a Play / W3- Write narratives using a formal style and narrative techniques that engage and orient the reader showing the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on narrated event.
W4- Continue using the writing process with a more defined emphasis on the craft of writing.
EW1- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage emphasizing parallel structure, and including specific types of phrases and clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations. /
  1. Rough Draft
  2. Diagram of your setting
  3. Costume Designs

18 / Writing a Play / W3- Write narratives using a formal style and narrative techniques that engage and orient the reader showing the relationships among experiences and events; provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on narrated event.
W6- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. /
  1. Peer Edit
  2. Final Draft
  3. Performance/PowerPoint/Movie Maker of your Play

19 / Portfolios/Final / W6- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
W10- Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
S&L5- Continue to make strategic use of multi-media components and visual displays in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. /
  1. Portfolio Presentations
  2. Reflection
  3. Course Evaluations